Telephone headband



Sept. 15, 1925. 1,553,629

J. PERRY TELEPHONE HEADBAND Filed April 14. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Sept. 15, 1925.

J. PERRY TELEPHONE HEADBAND Filed April 14, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 [72 0672707 ,Ferv y.

I Patented Sept. 15, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN PERRY, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A-SSIGNOR TO THE RELIABLE ELECTRIC Co or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION or ILLINOIS.

TELEPHONE HEADBAND.

Application filed April 14, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN PERRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Telephone Headbands, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to telephone head bands.

It is a purpose of the invention to provide a head band for holding telephone receivers which comprises a member extending transversely across the head of the wearer, which is provided with socket members non-rotatably secured thereto in which are slidably and rotatably mounted receiver carrying members which are bifurcated to provide trunnions for carrying the receivers, and which are provided with an elongated rod-like portion which is adapted to slide and rotate in the socket members.

It is a further purpose of the invention to provide a particular means for securing a socket member to the band or head engaging member which comprises loops on the head engaging band and connecting portions between the loops and the main portion of the band which extend through slots or openings in the socket member to prevent rotation between the socket member and the body portion of the head band. The socket member is made of a plurality of parts, one of said parts being provided with the slots and the other part being adapted to clamp the loop between itself and the first mentioned member. If desired, the member which clamps the loop to the first mentioned member may be provided with a sleeve serving as a guide for the rodlike portion of the receiver carrying member.

It is another purpose of the invention to provide a sanitary head band which comprises a head engaging member that is so made that it is unnecessary to cover the same with webbing. Preferably this member is made of sheet metal of sufficient width and of such contour that the same will not be uncomfortable on the head of the wearer.

Other objects and advantages of the in- Serial No. 552,682.

ventlon will appear as the description of the accompanying drawings proceeds. However, I desire to have it distinctly understood that I do not intend to limit myself to the exact details shown or described, but that I intend to include as part of my in- VGIIt lOII all such obvious changes and modifications of parts as would occur to a person skilled in this art and as would fall within the scope of the claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is an end elevation of my improved head band;

Fig. 2 is a thereof;

F 1g. 3 is a sectional view of the socket member and parts associated therewith;

Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line 44 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a section similar to that shown in Fig. 3 of a slightly modified form of connectlon Fig. 6 is a section taken on the line 66 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a side elevation of a sanitary head band with the receiver carrying members omitted; and

Fig. 8 is a bottom plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 7.

Referring in detail to the drawings, a pair of receivers 10 is shown in Fig. 1, said receivers being provided with suitable openlngs for receiving the pins 11 provided on the bifurcations 12 of the receiver carrying members having the straight shank portions 13, which are preferably circular in cross section, and which are provided with heads 14 at the extremity thereof opposite the bifurcations 12. The shank portions 13 of the receiver carrying members have the socket members 15 mounted thereon. Said socket members 15, in the form shown in Figs. lto 4 inclusive, comprise a main body portion 16 having a bore 17 therethrough for receiving the shank 13, said members 15 being also provided with a substantially circular recess 18 on one end thereof and with a pair of slots or openings 19 in the side wall thereof, said member being so formed that the wall portion 20 forms a flange-like portion exteriorly of the recess 18.

Mounted in the recess 18 is a loop 21 of the wire reinforcement 22 of the head e11- plan view partly broken away gaging portion of the head band, said reinforcing wires 22 being covered with a fabric covering material 23 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. It will be noted that the strands of wire 22 are bent inwardly toward each other at 24 so as to pass through the slots 19 in the flange 20, thus preventing turning of the socket member 16 on the wires 22. A ring 25 is provided between the loop 21 of the wire and the turned over flange portion 26 provided on the flange 20, whereby said ring 25 will hold the loop 21 in position in the recess 18. Thus it will be seen that a rigid connection, which is very simple in construction, is provided between the head engaging portion and the socket member, and it will also be seen that the receiver carrying members are mounted for both sliding and swiveling movement in said socket member- Instead of making the socket member as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the same may be made as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, in which the member 16 is made substantially hemispherical in shape and is provided with slots 19 for receiving the portions 24 of the wires 22.

It will be seen that the loop 21 rests in a recess 18 in the member 16 and that the member 26, which is also hemispherical, is provided for holding the loop 21 in position in the recess 18. The member 26 is provided with a tubular extension 27 which serves as a guide member and bearing for the shank portion 13 of the receiver carrying member. The outer end portion of the member 16 is provided with abeveled or countersunk portion at 28 communicating with the opening 29 therein, and the tubular menuber 27 is deflected laterally at the: end thereof as at 30 so as to hold the parts in assembled relation.

In Figs. 7 and 8 a sheet metal head engaging band is shown which comprises the bowed portions 31 which are transversely curved, as will be evident from Fig. 9, and which are made so that the convex side extends toward the head of the wearer, thus taking the edge portions 32 thereof away from the head of the wearer and preventin any discomfort due to the same. The hea band in this form can be made of any desired metal and is preferably plated or finished in such a manner that the same will not tarnish. The members 31 are joined by means of the flat portion 33 which is provided with a. loop-like extension 34 at each end of the band forming a member adapted to be received by the socket members 15 in a manner similar to the loop 21, a circular opening 35 being provided in the metal for this purpose, which has an inward extension 36 so as to provide the reduced portions 37 which are adapted to seat in the slots 19 in a similar manner to that of the portions 24, as shown in Fig. 4.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to claim and secure by U. S. Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the character described, a head band having loops at the ends thereof, socket members non-rotatably secured thereto and receiver-carrying members mounted for both sliding and swiveling movement in said socket members, said socket members being provided with a plurality of slots for receiving the connecting portions between said loops and the main body portion of said head band to prevent rotation of said loops in said socket members.

2. In a device of the character described, a head band having loops at the ends thereof, socket members non-rotatably secured thereto and receiver-carrying members mounted for both sliding and swiveling movement in said socket members, said socket members being provided with means for preventing rotation of said loops therein, said socket members each comprising a main body portion having a loop receiving recess, and means secured to said main body portion for clamping said loop in said recess.

3. In a device of the character described, a head band having loops at the ends thereof, socket members non-rotatably secured thereto and receiver-carrying members mounted for both sliding and swiveling movement in said socket members, said socket members being provided with means for preventing rotation of said loops therein, said socket members comprising a main body portion having a loop receiving recess, and means secured to said main body portion for clamping said loop in said recess, said clamping means being provided with a tubular guide for a receiver carrying member.

4. In a device of the character described, a one piece longitudinally curved bare resilient sheet metal head band having a pair of spaced longitudinally curved resilient arms connected together at the ends thereof to provide integral loop forming portions, each of said arms being transversely curved to provide a convex face on the inner side of said longitudinal curvature to provide a smooth head engaging surface and being concave on the outer face thereof, whereby the edges of said band are turned away from the head of the wearer.

5. In a device of the character described, a sheet metal head band having loops at the ends thereof, socket members non-rotatably secured thereto and receiver-carrying members mounted for both sliding and swiveling movement in said socket members, said socket members embracing said loops and being provided with means for preventing rotation of said loops therein.

6. In a device of the character described, a head band having loops at the ends thereof, socket members non-rotatably secured thereto and receiver carrying members mounted for both sliding and swiveling movement in said socket members, said socket members being provided with means for preventing rotation of said loops therein, said socket members each comprising a main body portion embracing said loop, and

means secured to said main body portion to clamp said loop in said main body por- 10 tion and house said loop Within said socket member.

In Witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 4th day of April, A. D. 1922 JOHN PERRY. 

